CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-3041

7.8 HIGH Published 2021-06-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-06-10
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-427

Description

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Palo Alto Networks Cortex XDR agent on Windows platforms that enables an authenticated local Windows user to execute programs with SYSTEM privileges. This requires the user to have the privilege to create files in the Windows root directory or to manipulate key registry values. This issue impacts: Cortex XDR agent 5.0 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 5.0.11; Cortex XDR agent 6.1 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 6.1.8; Cortex XDR agent 7.2 versions earlier than Cortex XDR agent 7.2.3; All versions of Cortex XDR agent 7.2 without content update release 171 or a later version.

Affected configurations

• paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent (>= 5.0 < 5.0.11) • paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent (>= 6.1 < 6.1.8) • paloaltonetworks cortex xdr agent (>= 7.2 < 7.2.3)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness

References